Acknowledgements -- Preface / Jamie Peck -- Introduction / Mark Davidson and Kevin Ward -- Austerity and the spectacle: urban triage and post-political development in Detroit / L Owen Kirkpatrick and Chalem Bolton -- Austerity as the new normal : the fiscal politics of retrenchment in San Jose,...

Introduction: thinking outside the black box -- Outcome budgeting 101 -- Outcomes vs. the org chart -- Budget proposals that sing -- Making the magic happen -- Shifting the debate -- Widening the circle -- The new status quo? -- Outcomestat -- Pressing ahead -- The bottom line -- Are you ready?...